Remove a “dubya,” bust a move? The Phoenetians had a word for it; Measure for Measure; Puppy loves and great kitten balls o‘ fur;

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Welcome to our December 15th edition of Joseph Young’s Puzzleria! 
Our featured puzzle this week is an excellent word teaser generously given to us by Chuck in St. Louis. It is on our Appetizer menu and is titled Remove a “dubya,” bust a move?
Thank you, Chuck.

We are serving you seven other heavenly puzzles this week, including five ⇓⇓⇓⇓⇓ Riffing-Off Shortz Slices.
Our menus also boast of:
One ⇓  “measured” Slice; and
One ⇓ “great balls o‘ fur” Dessert 
So, apply logic to, and “dubya down,” on Chuck’s Appetizer, slam-dunk our Slice, rip through our Riff-Offs, and decipher our Dessert. And... have a lot of fun.

Appetizer Menu

I Seem To Be A Noun That Is Also A Verb Appetizer:
Remove a “dubya,” bust a move?

Think of a word that is both a noun and a verb. As a noun, it’s a device you might use when fishing. As a verb, it’s a move that both people and inanimate objects can do. 


Remove a “w” and rearrange the rest to get the first name of a well-known performer. 
What’s the word and who’s the performer?

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Great Outdoors Slice:
Measure for Measure

Name two common units of measurement appearing in warranties and specifications for a product used outdoors. 
Combine the singular forms of those measurement units and rearrange their letters to form a popular brand name of the outdoor product.

What are the two units of measurement  and the brand name of the product?

Riffing Off Shortz And Highland Slices:
The Phoenetians had a word for it 

Will Shortz’s December 10th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, created by Carole Highland, reads:
The name of what vehicle, spelled backward, becomes phonetically a four-word phrase identifying another vehicle?

Puzzleria!’s Riffing Off Shortz And Highland Slices read:
ONE: 
Name a truncated two-word interrogatory catchphrase that host Ben Bailey usually uses during the intro to his “Cash Cab” game show. (It is really a three-word phrase but Bailey omits the first word, a verb which, although omitted, is understood.) Add the verb to the beginnning of the phrase and pronounce the result forward phonetically to spell out what Bailey’s taxi will always do during the show, but never what the meter in his taxi will do. What is this catchphrase?
TWO:
A newspaper editor edits the name of a 4-letter vehicle which, spelled backward, becomes phonetically a four-word phrase identifying what the editor says to herself during this editing process... which, alas, has reduced the 4-letter vehicle to mere 3-letter gibberish! What is the vehicle and what does the editor say to herself? 
THREE:
(Note: The narrative of the puzzle below is “embellished.”)
A Nineteenth-century robber baron once sued a foreign impostor who allegedly swindled him out of a million dollars. During cross examination the accused’s defense attorney asked the suing plaintiff a 4-word question prompted by a discrepency between the accuser’s given-at-birth name (which appeared on the formal lawsuit petition on file) and the nickname under which he had been sworn in. 
The canny defense attorney tried to impugn the plaintiff’s use of the nickname, bringing it to the attention of a certain group of people present at the trial. The name of this group, spelled backward, becomes phonetically the 4-word question the attorney asked the plaintiff. 
What was the question?
FOUR:
The name of what 4-letter “vehicle” carrying very precious cargo, spelled backward, becomes an acronym that is the name of another vehicle... if, that is, you spell the acronym with four letters instead of the three letters that normally constitute the other vehicle’s acronym. How do you do this, you may ask? Well, what you need to do is to use the initial two letters (not just the first letter) of the word for which the second letter of the vehicle’s actual 3-letter acronym stands. 
What are this vehicle and acronym?

FIVE:
The name of what 3-letter synonym of “sensation” or “phenomenon,” spelled forward, becomes phonetically a 3-word phrase (consisting of a 1-letter article, 4-letter adjective and 3-letter noun) identifying a beverage that lately seems to be living up, on a global scale, to the meaning of this synonym? 

What are this synonym and 3-word phrase for the beverage? 

Dessert Menu

Desirably Adorable Dessert:
Puppy loves and great kitten balls o‘ fur

Name a phrase for something responsible citizens do, in four words and 15 letters. 
Replace the shortest word with a different short word to form a phrase describing a desirably friendly puppy or desirably adorable kitten. 
What are these two phrases?


Every Friday at Joseph Young’s Puzzleria! we publish a new menu of fresh word puzzles, number puzzles, logic puzzles, puzzles of all varieties and flavors. We cater to cravers of scrumptious puzzles!

Our master chef, Grecian gourmet puzzle-creator Lego Lambda, blends and bakes up mysterious (and sometimes questionable) toppings and spices (such as alphabet soup, Mobius bacon strips, diced snake eyes, cubed radishes, “hominym” grits, anagraham crackers, rhyme thyme and sage sprinklings.)

Please post your comments below. Feel free also to post clever and subtle hints that do not give the puzzle answers away. Please wait until after 3 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesdays to post your answers and explain your hints about the puzzles. We serve up at least one fresh puzzle every Friday.

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